Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] at the " in BNC.
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1 | But in a reply to a letter from prospective Stockton South Labour MP John Scott , a senior ambulance officer says : ‘ The account was submitted not to the patient but to a relative whose name and address were given to us at the time of the booking . |
2 | Nonetheless , the dealers who were gathered with him at the wine bar succeeded in changing his mind . |
3 | Instead , the architects , McKay and Forresters , of Glasgow , were presented with it at the Edinburgh reception . |
4 | Two letter of thanks were then read — the first from Edith Harlow thanking all the teachers for the lovely handbag , matching gloves and cheque which were presented to her at the Essex Rally together with a jewel box , cheque , flowers and an iced cake all given by Essex teachers and class members . |
5 | Various local councillors and moral guardians were waiting for them at the venue , having read local press reports that the Fabs ' travelling show included a rather racy striptease revue . |
6 | Oliver and Tim were waiting for them at the gangway . |
7 | Well they were going with their at the beginning of the year up for register and they 're catching up on it now . |
8 | Nevertheless , no measures were taken against him at the Restoration , suggesting perhaps that he had not been a republican by choice and may have worked towards the return of Charles II . |
9 | Like this afternoon — I went on about the armchairs being slashed in Madge 's house — We were talking about you at the time . |
10 | Our classification of references to the care programme approach along a hypothetical assimilation-adaptation continuum suggests that roughly half of local authorities which mention the care programme approach in their plans seemed to have assimilated it , and half were adapting to it at the time of composing the community care plan . |
11 | Her mother spoke emotionally of the moment when they were reunited with her at the hospital on Sunday . |
12 | ‘ Words fail one at such moments ’ said the President when the news was broken to him at the Kremlin by the Norwegian Ambassador , but immediately recovering his powers of speech , he said he did n't see the prize as a personal achievement . |
13 | Again this was reported to you at the last meeting of this Committee . |
14 | My maternal grandmother was living with us at the time , it having been decided that her flat in Highgate should be closed down for the duration of the war , and she circulated between the homes of her son and three daughters so that she could be looked after . |
15 | So she was writing to him at the time I telephoned . |
16 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
17 | It is unlikely that the crude material did much good , and not surprising that no more was said about it at the time . |
18 | If , for example , the reasons described seem unfair or conflict with what was said to you at the time of your dismissal , and you are eligible for unfair dismissal rights , the next step might be for you to make a complaint to the industrial tribunal . |
19 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
20 | I 've got your red book here cos I was looking at it at the weekend . |
21 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
22 | And Sheffield Crown Court has heard how a man allegedly kidnapped and raped his wife ; the man who ca n't be named for legal reasons , was separated from her at the time of the supposed attack , and the case is making legal history . |
23 | Donal was married on August 29 and shortly afterwards an appointment was made for him at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London . |
24 | A framed certificate was presented to her at the Good Companions ' meeting last week by chairman Janet Gill . |
25 | the prize of £1000 and a silver cup was presented to her at the college by Chief Executive , Best Western Hotels . |
26 | The Bristol Mail was heading towards them at the piteously slow speed of a horse and cart , urged forward by a sleep-weary teenage post-boy . |
27 | The gardener was waiting for them at the front door . |
28 | For an hour the guests sat patiently listening ; then everybody got up and , with the air of people who have been thinking of little else for some time , demolished the langoor ( free food ) which was waiting for them at the rear of the house . |
29 | To Sophie 's and Helen 's surprise , Ian Woodall , looking anxious and drawn , was waiting for them at the hospital . |
30 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |